Supporting device



May 14, 1935. J c, TONKO 2,001,291

' SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed Nov. 22, 1933 I INVENTOR.

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.vice and its fastening means.

Patented May 14, 1935 I SUPPORTING DEVICE Josef C'Q flonko, Detroit, Mich. Application November 22, 1933, Serial No. 699,184

. t 4Claims. --;This invention relates to a supporting device and-is illustrated as embodied in a pocket supporting'deviceadapted to suspend alkey ring in a pocket above the bottom thereof.-

object of the invention is to fasten the device on the: inside ofa pocketand secureit in position by external fast-eningmeans.

-:..Another. object of the inventionlisto provide a supporting device having relatively movable parts which, Whenin one position, permit the device to be engaged with its fastening meansandwhen-in another position prevents'separation of the de- A further object of the inventionis toprovide aafasteningmeans which protects the endsof the supporting memberwhich are preferably pointed to readily pierce.throughthepocket for engagement with the fastening means.-

Otherobjects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing a device received but not clamped on a fabric member.

Fig. 3 is a rear View of the device shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view corresponding to Fig. 2 showing the device clamped on the fabric member.

Figs. 5 and 6 are views illustrating modified forms of the invention.

Fig. 7 is an elevation showing a modified form of the hook member.

In the drawing the device consists of two members l and I2 pivoted together as at M intermediate their ends. The member !2 in the form shown consists of a wire looped to form a hook portion 15 at one side of the pivot 14, and a head portion H3 at the opposite side of the pivot I4. This member has been shown in the form of a continuous loop but if desired it may be made having two ends which may or may not be joined together. The member In is also shown as formed from bent wire, the intermediate portion of which is bent back upon itself upon the opposite sides of the hook member Hi to the lower portion of the head l8 where the wire is looped around the lower portion of the head I 8 to form a means for swinging the member ID on the member l2. The free ends 22 of the wire extend upwardly beyond the pivot 14 and are slightly curved, the ends of which are pointed to pierce through a fabric material illustrated at 24. Thus it will be understood that I have provided two members pivoted adjacent the centers intermediate their ends, one member having a hook portion at one end and a head portion at the oppositeend; the other member having a guard portion26 at one end an'dat-i-ts opposite end a pair of pointed projections. The distance between the vertical arms of the-guard portion 26 is slightly less than the width-of the hook-portion It so that the hook portion isfric tionally held between the arms of the guard portion 25. l i

The device is intended to be inserted inthe pocket of a garment, opened as shown in 2. The pointed projections 22 are then pierced through the, fabric material 24. A fastening member in the form of a button'28 is-adapted to be received over the pointedprojections 22 and the .deviceis then clamped into position sothat theJfabric 24 is pinched between the back surface of thezbutton 28 andthehead l8.

Referring more specifically to the button 28, g

retaining the device in its position. Openings 32 have been provided in the back to receive the pointed projections 22. are formed in the back 30. which serve as a double function, namely, that of receiving the points of the projections 22 and pressing the fabric 24 into the head l8. Referring to Fig.4, it will be apparent that when the device is secured to a fabric it is readily held in position andthe hook I6 is inside the pocket for receiving an article, such as a key ring, to suspend the keys above the bottom of the pocket. It will also be understood that when a key ring, such as shown at 36, is on the hook 16, it will be impossible to move the hook through the guard 26, as shown in Fig. 2, to unfasten the device from the fabric 24.

The lower portion of the hook l6 has a greater width than the distance between the arms of the guard portions 26 adjacent that portion of the book so that there is a resilient resistance tending to hold the hook in-a position, as shown in Fig. 4, to prevent the key ring 36 from being accidentally removed from the hook. When the key ring is removed from the hook it will be understood that the thickness of the ring urges the hook forwardly against its resilient resistance. If desired the lower portion of the hook may have straight side walls and the arms of the guard Embossed projections 34 stood that this may be of any shape or size, such I as shown in Figs. and 6. In Fig. 5, I have shown an oblong retaining member which is rela-.

tively narrow, and in Fig. 6, I have shown a diagonally shaped member.

I have shown in the preferred embodiment of the invention a device made of wire bent into the desired shape. may. be made from stampings. As an illustration of this, I have shown, the hook member 16 and the head l8 formed from sheet metal having openings 38 to receive thecoils 20 which form the pivot,l4., v v 1 Various changes, including the size, shape and arrangement of parts, may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by the appended claims such changes as may be reasonably included within the scope thereof.

What I claim is V 1-. A supporting device comprising a hook'member, a member having pointed projections pivotally mounted'on said hook member, and a fastening member received on saidpointed projections, said fastening member. having spaced walls on the opposite sides of said pointed projections,

one wall thereof having indentations in its'inner However, if desired, the parts' surface to receive the points of said pointed projections. I

2. A supporting device comprising a hook member, a member having pointed projections pivotally mounted on said hook member and in frictional engagement with said hook member, and a fastening member received on said pointed projections, said fastening memberhaving spaced walls on the opposite sides of said pointed projections, one wall thereof having-indentations in its inner surface to receive the points of said pointed projections.

3. A supporting device comprising a member having pointed ends adapted to be inserted through a fabric material, a member pivotally supported onsaid first named member and at one side of the fabric material, and a fastening member on the opposite side of the fabric material received over the pointed ends, said fastening member having a substantially fiat wall in engagement with thefabric material and provided with openings for receiving the pivoted ends, said flat wall being further provided with embossed projections to receive the pointed ends on one side thereof and to deform the fabric between the flatxwall and the pivotally supported member on the opposite side-of the fabric.

4. A key ring support comprising two members pivotally connectedintermediate their ends, a, hook portionand a head portion respectively at the opposite ends of one of said members, a guard portion and pointed projecting portions respectively at the opposite ends of the other of said members, a button having outer and inner walls, said inner wall being closed except for openings to receive said pointed projecting portions, said hook portion adapted. tofrictionally pass through said guard portion.

' JOSEF C. TONKO. 

